The sophomore walk-on guard, who was the 2002 Athens Banner-Herald Northeast Georgia prep player of the year, planned to meet with coach Dennis Felton Tuesday evening to discuss his future with the team, Felton said.

Wehunt did not return messages left on his cell phone, but discussed his future with the team with his family over the weekend, according to his mother, Melody Wehunt.

"He's taking 17 hours (of classes) and he wasn't getting to play," she said. "He decided it was more important to keep his grades up."

Losing Wehunt brings an already strapped Bulldogs roster down to 15 active players. Wehunt is the third player to leave the team this season. Walk-on Zack Smith, a 5-foot-8 guard from Canton, left the team shortly after he made it through October tryouts, and Felton dismissed sophomore Marcus Sikes in December.

The brother of former Bulldogs walk-on guard Richard Wehunt (2002-03), Buzz Wehunt averaged 2.6 points per game as a freshman and 10.5 minutes. He scored a career-best 11 points against Charleston Southern and 10 in a career-best 28 minutes at LSU.

But Wehunt didn't play more than three minutes during the final four games last season and averaged just two minutes in five games for Georgia (6-8, 0-4 SEC) as a sophomore. He took -- and made -- just one shot.

Players found out Wehunt was leaving the team when he didn't show up for a 6 a.m. workout on Monday.

"He obviously had some problems that he had to deal with and he's done the best thing for him," captain Levi Stukes said. "Anything that's best for him is best for us."

But Felton said nothing would be official until after Tuesday's meeting.

Wehunt led Jackson County to the Region 8-AAAA North championship as a senior in 2002. He played a season at Shores Christian Academy, an Orlando, Fla., prep school, before joining the Bulldogs last season.

He has two years of collegiate eligibility remaining and told the Athens Banner-Herald in December he had considered transfering due to diminished playing time. Players who transfer within Division I schools must sit out a year after they enroll at their new school under NCAA rules.